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MORE NEWS:
- Travis Storch, Dir., Artist-Relations & Entertainment Sales is leaving iLike. The company says it a restructuring and that no further positions should be eliminated.
- Some of the execs responsible for the purchase and restructuring of EMI by Terra Firma have been let go. (FT)
- Open Source iTunes Competitor Songbird Officially Released (Listening Post)
- Police smash big Australian piracy ring (IFPI)
- Is a hit a hit? The long tail may be vanishing on the social networks (via ars technica)
- In a sign of tough times, Yahoo! ties its Launchcast online radio service with CBS. (paidContent)
- The centerpieces of the new My Chemical Romance web site created in-house at Warner Brothers Records are individual Twitter feeds from each of the band members that they update from the road. (BlackRimGlasses)
Classical D.I.Y. Alert: YouTube is offering musicians the opportunity to join a symphony orchestra via video for the world’s first collaborative online orchestra. This is a chance to perform alongside conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and others. All entries will be combined into the first-collaborative virtual performance and fans can select their favorites to perform at New York’s Carnegie Hall in April ’09. (more)
